Tehran 2019

I was having a drink with a friend the other night and like any other red blooded Iranian, after the first sip of wine, oh no, even before the first sip of wine we started talking about the situation in Iran and the whole politics.

 

So she asked me where I see Iran in ten years; from an optimistic point of view, a pessimistic point of view and a realistic point of view, so I thought hell girl, I am gonna write about it in my blog.

 

So where should we start?

Hmmmmmm!

 

I think I want to start from an optimistic point of view:

 

Tehran 2019:

 

I am walking down the streets of Tehran; the capital city of Iran, clean air, I can see the Alborz mountains almost everyday. I get into the first bookstore I see, it’s packed with people buying books, I mean really packed and people are really buying books! I join the crowd, and there are so many books to choose from, the books aren’t cheap and there is no limit to what you can buy and read.

 

I buy a book and continue down the street. I guess it’s lunch time because I see a lot of young people in the Cafes and restaurants, they are having a bite but it seems they are in a hurry as well, I guess they all have to get back to work or to university. Seeing al these young people busy with work and not unemployed or on drugs puts a smile on my face.

 

I get on an electric bus because I am sick and tired of using the metro all the time, the metro goes everywhere in Tehran and it’s quite addictive, so you might not get to see the beautiful scenery of Tehran as you spend so much time underground. Yeah, so I get on the bus and I am heading home; people are just so happy, everywhere is so clean, no sign of street children, prostitutes and addicts on the street, I tell myself “why did I ever leave this beautiful country to live else where?”

 

I get home, turn on the TV and I see our president the President of the Democratic Iran giving a speech in an international conference. There is a smile on the faces of the audience, there is respect; he is talking about human rights and freedom, (Just like Ahmadinejad) hahahaha, the only difference is that there is democracy and freedom and human rights in Iran more than anywhere else in the world by 2019. When she finishes she receives a stand up ovation, people are calling out her name, screaming out her name, I am so proud, I want to be there and tell everyone “see, she is my president, she represents my nation.”

 

I continue watching TV and there is news about Iran, it’s economy and how other countries should follow in its footsteps, it’s social progress, it’s human rights record, it’s social welfare, I mean everything is just to be proud of.

 

I am sitting on my terrace reading a newspaper; a leftist newspaper very very critical of the government and it’s been circulating all around the country for 10 years! I look around me, all around me is beauty, I look through people’s windows families eating their suppers, RICE, MEAT, FRUITS and NUTS are found everywhere, in everybody’s home.

 

You know what as I am writing all these things I have tears in my eyes; why shouldn’t every Iranian have the right to breathe in clean air, have a job, have a president to be proud of, have home, have enough money to eat meat and rice and feed their family, why shouldn’t we be where every human being with dignity should be.

 

Why should I be writing all these little simple things as a dream when I deserve it already!?

 

Why? Why? Why?

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